Gwangalli pizza restaurant return: birria half-and-half at Extra Mile

Why go back to Extra Mile, a Gwangalli wood-fired pizza restaurant?

A repeat-visit review of Extra Mile, a wood-fired pizza spot in Gwangalli 🤍

Hi everyone~ 🤍 It's Jjua. As a Gwangalli local, this is the first time I've ever recommended a pizza place... and the first time I've ever gone back to one.... That's how sincerely I recommend this spot! I visited about two months ago when it was really hot, and now that it's cooled down a bit, I went out for a happy meal again.

Extra Mile hours, parking and reservations in Gwangalli

Extra Mile is open daily from 11:00 to 21:00, with last order at 20:00. There's no parking in front of the restaurant, but Boseong Public Parking Lot is nearby. Pets are not allowed.

• Hours: Daily 11:00–21:00 (last order 20:00)
• Parking: None in front / Boseong Public Parking Lot nearby
• Pets: Not allowed
• Reservations: Available via Naver Reservation

Naver reservations are available! 🤍 You can book ahead by selecting your date and party size.

What we ordered from the Extra Mile menu this time

We ordered a half-and-half pizza (birria + hot honey pepperoni) and a bisque cream pasta! The pizza was so good last time that I ordered it again 💕

A converted house on a quiet Gwangalli alley

It's a building converted from a house on a pretty, quiet alley. I love the sea I walk by every day, but this particular alley — with its pretty cafés, fewer crowds, and lots of restaurants made from converted houses — is somewhere I really adore. I'm so grateful Extra Mile opened here... it's so pretty I took a photo out front too 🤍

Inside Extra Mile: sofa seats and bar seats

The white wood-tone, bright interior was totally my style. There are more seats than you'd think!!! Plenty of sofa seats and bar seats too, so this place would be perfect for a date. I came both times on a weekday lunch. I took this photo after everyone left, but there really were a lot of customers. ++ A couple of people also came just for takeout.

My table. It was cloudy at first but cleared up, and the light coming in was so pretty.

Once seated, the menu and cutlery are neatly laid out.

A fun detail here — there are colored pencils and crayons, so you can color on a paper while you wait. So cute haha

Birria taco and hot honey pepperoni half-and-half pizza

The pizza came out first!!🍕 The taco & cilantro pizza was totally fine for me even though I don't like cilantro — so delicious. The sauce plus the bits of taco you bite into are so good too. The combination of cheese and honey inside the pepperoni is such a sweet-and-salty combo, I'm obsessed ㅜㅜ You have to order the half-and-half pizza. It's a must, for the two flavors alone...

They say the dough is made in-house using biga (a pre-fermentation method) and a long, low-temperature aging process. The crust is crispy outside and chewy inside, and you can taste the dough's savory flavor more the more you chew. Cutting it with a knife, it's crisp! but then chewy when you bite in. I'd recommend adding the cheese crust too 🧀🤍

Bisque cream pasta: don't stir in the gamtae seaweed

The bisque cream pasta comes with three plump shrimp on top and some gamtae (dried seaweed flakes) haha. I heard that at Extra Mile, they make each pasta's sauce from scratch so every dish keeps its own character. Maybe that's why — this was my second time having the bisque, and every bite was so full of sauce flavor.

They told us not to mix in the gamtae they gave us, but to eat it alongside instead — so I picked up a little at a time and piled it on the shrimp, and it became the best bisque I've ever had. ++ The white ragu pasta I ordered last time was also delicious. If you're torn, I'd recommend that one. This time I went back and forth but tried the bisque for the first time haha.

Verdict: Gwangalli Western food for a date night

With interior this nice and food this good, Extra Mile is Gwangalli Western food that's also perfect for a date... or a blind date. Everyone, you should definitely go during Chuseok holiday...🤍